Golf Ireland vs BackPin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Golf Ireland
Track your official Handicap Index and scoring history, view detailed hole-by-hole records, and follow friends' golf activities. Receive important notifications and manage your profile. Enter scores directly through the app.
- Monitor Handicap Index and scoring history
- View detailed hole-by-hole scoring
- Follow friends' golf activity
- Receive handicap and friend activity notifications
- Edit profile and upload picture
- Enter scores via scorecard
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The Official App of Golf Ireland and iGolf – Offers Golf Ireland club members and iGolf Subscribers access to their golfing scores, profile, friends activity and relevant golfing notifications. App features: - Monitor your official Handicap Index® and scoring history over time. See which scores are counting toward your Handicap Index®. - View detailed hole by hole scoring record for each golf round - Follow your friends with peer review of golf score history - Receive notifications such as handicap updates, friend activity, comments on scores and general updates from Golf Ireland - Edit your profile details and upload your profile picture - Get a scorecard and enter your scores through the app
BackPin
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Stop tracking scores on scraps of paper — and society entries in WhatsApp chaos. BackPin is a golf scoring and society management app built for casual rounds, competitions, and golf trips. Create a round in seconds and keep live scores for your whole group with popular formats: Stableford Strokeplay Matchplay Skins Wolf Track birdies, pars, and side games as you play — without breaking your focus on the round. For golf societies: Manage members Set up competitions Collect entries Share results instantly No spreadsheets. No chasing people for scores. Just golf. Whether it's a quick nine with friends or a full society day, BackPin keeps everything clear, fair, and easy to follow. Download BackPin and see your next round differently. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.backpin.ie/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Golf Ireland at none against BackPin's 4. BackPin's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BackPin sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Golf Ireland asks for nothing beyond the download.
Golf Ireland ships an update every 2 months, BackPin every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Golf Ireland | BackPin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 304 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DotGolf NZ LP | James Cosgrave |
In-app purchases
Golf Ireland
No in-app purchases
BackPin
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Society Max Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
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- Society Max Yearly$99.991 Year
